Description:
Black and white photograph showing four women sat in a confined space, knitting. Behind them is a large brush painting of an old building with a clock tower. There are reflections and marks in front of them suggesting they are behind glass.
The women are participating in a sponsored knit-in to raise funds for Ross Operatic and Dramatic Society (R.O.A.D.S.).
They are sat in the window of an empty shop and therefore on view to people passing by. Â Â
The shop was formerly Raynors which was a Ladies fashion and fabric shop located in the Market Place. Later in the year the building was demolished after it was deemed structurally unsafe
A notice in the window states that the knitted squares would be made into blankets and given to Dean Hill Hospital [now called Ross Community Hospital in Alton Street]
From left to right, the women are named as: Mrs. J. Robbins, Mrs. E. Gibbons, Mrs. E. Rolfe and Mrs. V. Phillips.
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Market Place: Demolition of Raynors Shop [November 14, 1974]
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Market Place, Ross-on- Wye, 1960s
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